''Insufficient presence of women in political decision-making is a characteristic of the entire Region', says the Macedonian Prime Minister[22/01/2003]

Addressing the Council of Europe Ministers responsible for Equality, meeting in Skopje, Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski stressed that while today non-discrimination between men and women was a widely accepted principle, experience proved the persistence of various forms of discrimination and the fact that equality in decision-making has yet to be achieved. We must mobilise our societies and enhance the fundamental concept of equality for increased social justice, human rights and democracy, he said. Speech